A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

Oscar Hardy Coll.

Hardy, Oscar Irving, son of Heber and Florence (Crockett)

Don's Dunn C011- Hardy. Enlisted in 1954 with the Royal Canadian Air Force Dunn, Keir Joseph, son of Louis and Doris (Griffin) Dunn. supply branch, 'spending one half of his service time in Ot- Enlisted October 20, 1982. Signalman Radio Operator and Pte. tawa. Promoted to Brigadier General and appointed Director Canadian Army. In 1984 trained in Germany and Norway. Re— of General Supply Systems in the Canadian Forces. The three leased on October 20, 1985. years prior to his retirement in 1984 were spent at NATO

. headquarters in the Netherlands as assistant chief-of-staff.

Neil McKenna Coll.

McKenna, Neil Joseph, son of Dale and Eileen (Reilly) McKenna. Enlisted in Canadian Armed Forces as a Radio Operator in‘July 1982. Among other places, served in Lahr, Germany and Yugoslavia. In July 2002 he was promoted to a Major and posted to National Defense Headquarters in Ot— tawa. Shortly after his arrival in Ottawa, Maj or McKenna was selected to deploy as the senior Communications Officer (J6) for the Canadian Joint Task Force Southwest Asia. In the sum- mer of 2005 he was selected to be the Canadian Forces Liai— son Officer to the US Army Signal Center in Fort Gordon, Georgia, where he and his family still reside.

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Elizabeth Matthews Coll.

Matthews, Robert Erskine, son of Stirling and Eileen

(Matthews) Matthews. Joined the RCAF in June 1951 and

worked on Lancaster Bombers in Greenwood, and T33 aircrafts at Gimli, Manitoba. From 1960 to 1963 worked on CF105 in Marville, France. From 1966 to 1970 in Baden Solingen, Ger— many. In 1975 he was made a Master Warrant Officer. He re— tired November 1975.